The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-05-17
TELEGRAPHIC BREVIFIES.

The case of Jacob Sharpe, the New Yorl
street-railway magnate, was called yesterday and
proceedings begun. One juryman was secured
At Mllington, Tenn. yesterday, George Mill
ington shot and killed T. H. Kennedy. An ole
feud had existed between them Wilmington sur
rendered.
At Groton Mass yesterday, Nathan Nutting
in quarrel about some cider, shot and killed
Henry Winch, of Aver Nurtlng and his wife
are under arrest.
George Muir, who had been employed as mill
tary telegrapher at Forts Whipple and Prescott
for six years past, committed suicide at Albu
querque, n. NJ, on Sunday.
Jacob Boyer, a conductor on the Beech Creel
railroad, was found dead, Sunday night, near
Phillipsburg. Penn. with bullet hole in the
back of his head. He is supposed to have beer
murdered.
George Jordan alias Fairbanks a colored man
was fatally shot by William Dunstan, another
colored man, in the railroad yards behind Dear
born Station. at Chicago, one Sunday night.
Dunstan made his escape.
B. J. Waters, of Kansas City, found a white
substance on the pump chain to his cistern yes
terday He scraped off about two ounces and
took it to the city chemist, who pronounced i;
arsenic. and said there was enough of it to kill
the whole neighborhood.
Robert Cummings, colored, of Eatontown. n.
j.. was arrested yesterday, charged with having
beaten his ten-year- old son so brutally that he
died. He put in the lookup till afternoon,
when it was thought best TO remove him to Red
bank, as the negroes threatened to lynch him.
Mr.. Edward Morris, of the Fairbanks Canning
Company, of Chicago. cables from Paris that he
has concluded a contract for 1.500, 600 kilos of
canned meat for the French army, and 8, DOC, 900
kilos for the navy. This is stated to be the larg-
est contract ever made with an American firm
by foreign government
George E. Reed for two years past city treas
urer of Bismarck. D. r., is missing 1t is be-
lieved he has gone to Canada. His accounts are
said to be SO, 600 short Reed has hosts of friends
who believe that he has not gone with the pur-
0f dafraudinO ri
ever, told friend that he would never see Reed
again in that region.
It is learned that the trustees of the Ohio
State University have made proposition to
President Hayes, to take the presidency of the
university. and strong effort is being made to
induce him to accept. 1t is proposed to relieve
him OF all the detail work. and place it in
the hands of a vice president selected for that
purpose. in case he will consent to accept.
Hon. A. t. Soule, of Rochester, N. Y, who
built at his own expense, a canal nine miles
long for irrigating purposes at an expense OF one
million dollars, has announced his intention or
extending it SO that one million acres of land in
the neighborhood of Dodge City Kan. will al
ways yield full crop. He has donated $50 600
has bought the First National Bank for $75. 900:
and also the Dodge City water-works.
James and William Murphy, aged respectively
thirteen and fifteen years, have been lodged in
Jail at Eau Claire, Wis. They accused of hav-
ing derailed Wisconsin Central passenger train,
about ten weeks ago. between Eau Claire and
Chippewa Falls. Several trains had barely
escaped being wrecked several times in
cession. when the company put armed guards at
the switch, since which time accidents have
happened. The Murphy boys had been reading
dime novels.
DIR. NJ. r. Elliott, of Aberdeen d. T., was ar
rested or Sunday, charged with mansauehter in
the first degree About four weeks ago Elliott
was called to attend a of confinement near
here and it is charged that in delivering the
woman of the child he removed it with iron
spoon and a fork, killing the child The mother
also died in few days. The coroner's jury re-
turned a verdict that the woman and child came
to death through the malpractice of Dr. Elliott
A warrant was accordingly issued, and the Doc
tor was arrested.
John A. Holbrook. carpenter. was stabbed
and killed, last evening, at Grenada, Miss, by
+. j. Loewenstein. a young grocery merchant
and proprietor of a restaurant Only few
words passed between them, when Loewenstein
drew four-inch knife and inflicted a blow.
The blade entered near the collar bone on the
left SIDE ranging downward. Hobrook re-
marked. You've got me. walked several yards
into Smiths iewelry store. where he fell and ex-
PRED in a few minutes. The cause of the diff
Guilty is not fully known